Language schools for kids prosper

Zhu Lingling of Beijing has been anxious to enroll her daughter into an English school of late.

A former athlete, Zhu said she feels a bit embarrassed about her own ordinary English-speaking and reading skills. That's why she wants her daughter Lu Yu, all of three years old and just beginning to say a few words together, to start learning English and get ahead in earnest.

Zhu attended trial classes at four English teaching institutes and finally selected Education First, or EF.